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Dwudukat - August III Sas Drezno mint
| Issuer | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
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| Year | 1734-1754 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse description | Crowned quartered royal coat of arms of Augustus III, incorporating the arms of Poland (eagle), Lithuania (mounted knight), and Saxony (barry with a crancelin), flanked by ornamental flourishes. A circular Latin legend runs along the rim, and the date appears in the exergue or field below the shield. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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August III inherited a contested throne — his 1733 election was rejected by a significant faction of the szlachta who backed Stanisław Leszczyński, triggering the War of the Polish Succession. French troops briefly occupied Danzig in Leszczyński's support before Habsburg and Russian pressure secured August's position. These Dresden-struck ducat multiples were produced in Saxony for Polish circulation, a routine arrangement given that August ruled Poland and Saxony in personal union and the Dresden mint was simply the better-equipped facility.
The Kopicki range 11313–11329 covers numerous die variants across the twenty-year run, several differing only in the rendering of the electoral arms.